Children with neonatal seizures had a 20.4% cumulative risk for epilepsy by age 22, whereas those without seizures had a risk of 1.15%, a new cohort study found. The risk persisted throughout ...

Provoked seizures are not considered to be epilepsy, which is defined as two or more unprovoked seizures, and provoked seizures typically do not require long-term treatment with antiseizure medication ...

Seizures in newborns are one of the most frequent acute neurological conditions among infants admitted to neonatal care units. A study published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology indicates ...

Seizures in newborns are one of the most frequent acute neurological conditions among infants admitted to neonatal care units. A study published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology indicates ...

Researchers in Norway conducted a nationwide population-based study to determine the incidence and underlying causes associated with neonatal seizures in infants born at or beyond 36 weeks of ...

Neonatal seizures and hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) represent critical neurological conditions with profound implications for early brain development and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes ...

Credit: Getty Images. The FDA has approved Sezaby (phenobarbital sodium powder for injection) for the treatment of neonatal seizures in term and preterm infants. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

A new study has found that rapid genome sequencing is a fast and effective way to diagnose infant epilepsy, a condition that, if left untreated, can lead to developmental delays. The researchers hope ...

Among the sample of 981,869 children, researchers found that the incidence rate of epilepsy was 1.6 and 0.9 per 1000 person-years for children with diagnosed sepsis and those without an infection, ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Childhood vaccines may trigger early onset of a severe form of infant epilepsy, but researchers say the disorder is ultimately caused by defective genes and lifesaving vaccines ...